RT Book, Section
A1 Shochat, Guy
A1 Nemer, Jacqueline
A1 Walner, David L.
A1 Anderson, Jr., Martin E.
A2 Reichman, Eric F.
SR Print(0)
ID 1159809604
T1 Airway Foreign Body Removal
T2 Reichman's Emergency Medicine Procedures, 3e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259861925
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159809604
RD 2024/04/19
AB The  presence  of  an  airway  foreign  body  is  a  common  cause  of  morbidity  and  mortality  in  children,  especially  those  younger  than  3  years  of  age.  Children  use  their  mouths  to  explore  their  surroundings.  Over  70%  of  foreign  body  aspirations  occur  in  children.1,2  Boys  are  twice  as  likely  as  girls  to  experience  an  airway  foreign  body.3  The  incidence  of  airway  foreign  bodies  has  decreased  over  the  past  four  decades  due  to  public  awareness  campaigns.  The  mortality  rate  following  foreign  body  aspiration  is  estimated  to  be  1%  to  2%.  This  rate  has  remained  fairly  constant  since  the  beginning  of  the  20th  century.  The  mortality  rate  was  approximately  24%  prior  to  the  advent  of  endoscopic  techniques  for  airway  foreign  body  removal.4  In  the  year  2000,  ingestion  or  aspiration  of  a  foreign  body  resulted  in  more  than  17,000  Emergency  Department  (ED)  visits  in  the  United  States.5  The  death  rate  has  remained  at  approximately  4000  deaths  per  year  for  the  past  two  decades.6-8The  most  serious  and  life-threatening  scenario  is  complete  airway  obstruction.  This  usually  occurs  at  the  level  of  the  larynx  or  trachea.